Improvement in paring-knives



H. P. BROOKS.

Improvement in Paring-K'nives.

N0. 131,329, f Patented-SMep.l7, 1872.

Mii-2 1 M@ UNITED STATES `HFJMAN P. BROOKS, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN PARlNG-KNIVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 131,329, dated September 17, 1872.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, HEMAN P. BROOKS, of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Paring-Knife; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawing constitutes part of this specication, and represents in Figure l a front view of a knife with the guide attached; Fig. 2, an edge view of the same; Fig. 3,`a back view of the same 5 and in Fig. 4, the guide detached.

This invention relates to an improvement in adjustable guide to be attached to knives for the purpose of paring 'or slicing fruits and for like purposes; and it consists in a guide.

formed from a single piece of wire doubled or bent at each end so as to form several slits, into either of which the blade may be set and thereby set the guide, which extends from one bent end to the other at a greater or less distance from the face of the blade.

A is the blade; B, the guide, which is in length proportioned to the knife-blade, and formed from a single piece of wire bent at each end so as to form several slits in line with the said guide, into either of which the blade may be set. These bends are here represented as formed by coiling the wire at each end, iirst bendingthe wire at a right angle, as at a, so as to bring the guide B to or below the edge of the blade when set upon the knife. This angle is necessary, because the guide must be ,brought to that side of the coil in order to makethe spaces for the insertion of the blade parallel to each other, as in Fig. 3, the oppof site side being inclined by the coiling, as seen in Fig. 2. Instead of eoilin g, however, the wire may be bent up and down transversely, as seen in Fig. 5; but in all cases these bends must be above the guide. These bends are made so close together as toV grasp with suf- Witnesses E. TURNER, WM. M. MILLER. 

